Realty Income Corp S-4, filed Dec 19, 2023
Realty Income Corp (O)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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6798
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) |
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33-0580106
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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San Diego, California 92130
(858) 284-5000
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
Realty Income Corporation
11995 El Camino Real
San Diego, California 92130
(858) 284-5000
Darren Guttenberg, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor
Costa, Mesa, California 92626
(714) 540-1235
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Large accelerated filer
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11995 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
Attention: Corporate Secretary
(858) 284-5000
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Series of Notes Issued by Spirit to be Exchanged
(collectively, the “Spirit Notes”) |
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Series of Notes to be Issued by Realty
(collectively, the “Realty Notes”) |
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4.450% Notes due 2026
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4.450% Notes due 2026
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3.200% Notes due 2027
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3.200% Notes due 2027
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2.100% Notes due 2028
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2.100% Notes due 2028
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4.000% Notes due 2029
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4.000% Notes due 2029
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3.400% Notes due 2030
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3.400% Notes due 2030
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3.200% Notes due 2031
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3.200% Notes due 2031
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2.700% Notes due 2032
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2.700% Notes due 2032
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550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Attention: Liability Management Group
Collect: (704) 410-4759
Toll-free: (866) 309-6316
liabilitymanagement@wellsfargo.com
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Bank and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 269-5550
All Others, Please Call Toll-Free: (866) 796-7184
Email: realtyincome@dfking.com
550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Attention: Liability Management Group
Collect: (704) 410-4759
Toll-free: (866) 309-6316
liabilitymanagement@wellsfargo.com
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Bank and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 269-5550
All Others, Please Call Toll-Free: (866) 796-7184
Email: realtyincome@dfking.com
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Interest Rates and Maturity Dates
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Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates
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Expected First Interest Payment Date
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4.450% Notes due September 15, 2026
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March 15 and September 15
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March 15, 2024
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3.200% Notes due January 15, 2027
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January 15 and July 15
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July 15, 2024
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2.100% Notes due March 15, 2028
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March 15 and September 15
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March 15, 2024
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4.000% Notes due July 15, 2029
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January 15 and July 15
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July 15, 2024
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3.400% Notes due January 15, 2030
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January 15 and July 15
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July 15, 2024
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3.200% Notes due February 15, 2031
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February 15 and August 15
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February 15, 2024
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2.700% Notes due February 15, 2032
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February 15 and August 15
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February 15, 2024
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AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
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Realty
Income Historical |
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Spirit
Historical, As Reclassified (Note 3) |
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Pro Forma
Transactions Adjustments (Note 4) |
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Item in
Note 4 |
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Pro Forma
Combined |
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| ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Real estate held for investment, at cost: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Land
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| | | $ | 14,408,324 | | | | | $ | 1,808,364 | | | | | $ | 49,088 | | | | | | [1] | | | | | $ | 16,265,776 | | |
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Buildings and improvements
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| | | | 33,606,951 | | | | | | 7,015,086 | | | | | | (948,871) | | | | | | [1] | | | | | | 39,673,166 | | |
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Total real estate held for investment, at
cost |
| | | | 48,015,275 | | | | | | 8,823,450 | | | | | | (899,783) | | | | | | | | | | | | 55,938,942 | | |
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Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
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| | | | (5,781,056) | | | | | | (1,354,807) | | | | | | 1,354,807 | | | | | | [2] | | | | | | (5,781,056) | | |
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Real estate held for investment, net
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| | | | 42,234,219 | | | | | | 7,468,643 | | | | | | 455,024 | | | | | | | | | | | | 50,157,886 | | |
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Real estate and lease intangibles held for sale,
net |
| | | | 19,927 | | | | | | 61,545 | | | | | | 31,255 | | | | | | [3] | | | | | | 112,727 | | |
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Cash and cash equivalents
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| | | | 344,129 | | | | | | 134,166 | | | | | | (156,656) | | | | | | [4] | | | | | | 321,639 | | |
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Accounts receivable, net
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| | | | 678,441 | | | | | | 199,826 | | | | | | (185,245) | | | | | | [5] | | | | | | 693,022 | | |
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Lease intangible assets, net
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| | | | 5,089,293 | | | | | | 389,100 | | | | | | 844,630 | | | | | | [6] | | | | | | 6,323,023 | | |
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Goodwill
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| | | | 3,731,478 | | | | | | 225,600 | | | | | | 377,467 | | | | | | [7] | | | | | | 4,334,545 | | |
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Other assets, net
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| | | | 3,239,433 | | | | | | 171,328 | | | | | | (11,785) | | | | | | [8] | | | | | | 3,398,976 | | |
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Total assets
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| | | $ | 55,336,920 | | | | | $ | 8,650,208 | | | | | $ | 1,354,690 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 65,341,818 | | |
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Distributions payable
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| | | $ | 187,288 | | | | | $ | 99,571 | | | | | $ | (99,571) | | | | | | [4] | | | | | $ | 187,288 | | |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses
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| | | | 660,366 | | | | | | 69,045 | | | | | | 60,000 | | | | | | [9] | | | | | | 789,411 | | |
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Lease intangible liabilities, net
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| | | | 1,426,264 | | | | | | 106,814 | | | | | | 284,677 | | | | | | [10] | | | | | | 1,817,755 | | |
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Other liabilities
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| | | | 786,437 | | | | | | 61,737 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 848,174 | | |
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Line of credit payable and commercial
paper |
| | | | 858,260 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 858,260 | | |
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Term loan, net
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| | | | 1,287,995 | | | | | | 1,090,198 | | | | | | 10,507 | | | | | | [11] | | | | | | 2,388,700 | | |
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Mortgages payable, net
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| | | | 824,240 | | | | | | 4,545 | | | | | | (316) | | | | | | [11] | | | | | | 828,469 | | |
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Notes payable, net
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| | | | 17,482,652 | | | | | | 2,725,505 | | | | | | (385,651) | | | | | | [11] | | | | | | 19,822,506 | | |
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Total liabilities
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| | | | 23,513,502 | | | | | | 4,157,415 | | | | | | (130,354) | | | | | | | | | | | | 27,540,563 | | |
| Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Preferred stock and paid-in capital
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| | | | — | | | | | | 166,177 | | | | | | (1,957) | | | | | | [12] | | | | | | 164,220 | | |
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Common stock and paid-in capital
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| | | | 38,031,829 | | | | | | 7,307,795 | | | | | | (1,412,109) | | | | | | [12] | | | | | | 43,927,515 | | |
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Distributions in excess of net income
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| | | | (6,416,534) | | | | | | (3,036,475) | | | | | | 2,954,406 | | | | | | [12] | | | | | | (6,498,603) | | |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income
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| | | | 41,849 | | | | | | 55,296 | | | | | | (55,296) | | | | | | [12] | | | | | | 41,849 | | |
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Total stockholders’ equity
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| | | | 31,657,144 | | | | | | 4,492,793 | | | | | | 1,485,044 | | | | | | | | | | | | 37,634,981 | | |
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Noncontrolling interests
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| | | | 166,274 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 166,274 | | |
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Total equity
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| | | | 31,823,418 | | | | | | 4,492,793 | | | | | | 1,485,044 | | | | | | | | | | | | 37,801,255 | | |
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Total liabilities and equity
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| | | $ | 55,336,920 | | | | | $ | 8,650,208 | | | | | $ | 1,354,690 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 65,341,818 | | |
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
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Realty
Income Historical |
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Spirit
Historical, As Reclassified (Note 3) |
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Pro Forma
Transactions Adjustments (Note 4) |
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Item in
Note 4 |
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Pro Forma
Combined |
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| REVENUE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Rental (including reimbursable)
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| | | $ | 2,929,440 | | | | | $ | 561,765 | | | | | $ | 24,244 | | | | | | [13] | | | | | $ | 3,515,449 | | |
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Other
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| | | | 73,268 | | | | | | 9,200 | | | | | | 1,212 | | | | | | [14] | | | | | | 83,680 | | |
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Total revenue
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| | | | 3,002,708 | | | | | | 570,965 | | | | | | 25,456 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,599,129 | | |
| EXPENSES | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Depreciation and amortization
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| | | | 1,419,321 | | | | | | 236,527 | | | | | | 15,180 | | | | | | [15] | | | | | | 1,671,028 | | |
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Interest
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| | | | 522,110 | | | | | | 104,993 | | | | | | 63,066 | | | | | | [16] | | | | | | 690,169 | | |
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Property (including reimbursable)
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| | | | 235,081 | | | | | | 24,077 | | | | | | 72 | | | | | | [17] | | | | | | 259,230 | | |
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General and administrative
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| | | | 106,521 | | | | | | 46,190 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 152,711 | | |
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Provisions for impairment
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| | | | 59,801 | | | | | | 36,052 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 95,853 | | |
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Merger and integration-related costs
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| | | | 4,532 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,532 | | |
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Total expenses
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| | | | 2,347,366 | | | | | | 447,839 | | | | | | 78,318 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,873,523 | | |
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Gain on sales of real estate
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| | | | 19,675 | | | | | | 66,450 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 86,125 | | |
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Foreign currency and derivative gain, net
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| | | | 4,957 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,957 | | |
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Equity in income and impairment of investment in unconsolidated entities
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| | | | 411 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 411 | | |
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Other income, net
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| | | | 12,985 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 12,985 | | |
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Income before income taxes
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| | | | 693,370 | | | | | | 189,576 | | | | | | (52,862) | | | | | | | | | | | | 830,084 | | |
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Income taxes
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| | | | (36,218) | | | | | | (754) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (36,972) | | |
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Net income
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| | | | 657,152 | | | | | | 188,822 | | | | | | (52,862) | | | | | | | | | | | | 793,112 | | |
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Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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| | | | (3,248) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (3,248) | | |
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Dividends paid to preferred stockholders
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| | | | — | | | | | | (7,763) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (7,763) | | |
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Net income available to common
stockholders |
| | | $ | 653,904 | | | | | $ | 181,059 | | | | | $ | (52,862) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 782,101 | | |
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Amounts available to common stockholders per common share:
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(Note 5)
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Net income, basic and diluted
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| | | $ | 0.96 | | | | | $ | 1.28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 0.99 | | |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding:
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(Note 5)
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Basic
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| | | | 681,419 | | | | | | 141,095 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 789,815 | | |
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Diluted
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| | | | 682,129 | | | | | | 141,103 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 790,525 | | |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022
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Realty
Income Historical |
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Spirit
Historical, As Reclassified (Note 3) |
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Pro Forma
Transactions Adjustments (Note 4) |
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Item in
Note 4 |
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Pro Forma
Combined |
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| REVENUE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Rental (including reimbursable)
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| | | $ | 3,299,657 | | | | | $ | 703,029 | | | | | $ | 36,775 | | | | | | [13] | | | | | $ | 4,039,461 | | |
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Other
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| | | | 44,024 | | | | | | 6,600 | | | | | | 1,617 | | | | | | [14] | | | | | | 52,241 | | |
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Total revenue
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| | | | 3,343,681 | | | | | | 709,629 | | | | | | 38,392 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,091,702 | | |
| EXPENSES | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Depreciation and amortization
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| | | | 1,670,389 | | | | | | 292,985 | | | | | | 42,623 | | | | | | [15] | | | | | | 2,005,997 | | |
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Interest
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| | | | 465,223 | | | | | | 117,622 | | | | | | 86,643 | | | | | | [16] | | | | | | 669,488 | | |
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Property (including reimbursable)
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| | | | 226,330 | | | | | | 29,837 | | | | | | 96 | | | | | | [17] | | | | | | 256,263 | | |
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General and administrative
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| | | | 138,459 | | | | | | 62,023 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 200,482 | | |
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Provisions for impairment
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| | | | 25,860 | | | | | | 37,156 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 63,016 | | |
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Merger and integration-related costs
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| | | | 13,897 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 82,069 | | | | | | [18] | | | | | | 95,966 | | |
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Total expenses
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| | | | 2,540,158 | | | | | | 539,623 | | | | | | 211,431 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,291,212 | | |
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Gain on sales of real estate
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| | | | 102,957 | | | | | | 110,900 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 213,857 | | |
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Foreign currency and derivative (loss), net
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| | | | (13,311) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (13,311) | | |
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Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt
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| | | | 367 | | | | | | (172) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 195 | | |
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Equity in income and impairment of investment in unconsolidated entities
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| | | | (6,448) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (6,448) | | |
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Other income, net
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| | | | 30,511 | | | | | | 5,679 | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 36,190 | | |
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Income before income taxes
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| | | | 917,599 | | | | | | 286,413 | | | | | | (173,039) | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,030,973 | | |
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Income taxes
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| | | | (45,183) | | | | | | (897) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (46,080) | | |
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Net income
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| | | | 872,416 | | | | | | 285,516 | | | | | | (173,039) | | | | | | | | | | | | 984,893 | | |
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Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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| | | | (3,008) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (3,008) | | |
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Dividends paid to preferred stockholders
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| | | | — | | | | | | (10,350) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | (10,350) | | |
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Net income available to common
stockholders |
| | | $ | 869,408 | | | | | $ | 275,166 | | | | | $ | (173,039) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 971,535 | | |
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Amounts available to common stockholders per common share:
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(Note 5)
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Net income, basic and diluted
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| | | $ | 1.42 | | | | | $ | 2.04 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1.35 | | |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding:
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(Note 5)
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Basic
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| | | | 611,766 | | | | | | 134,548 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 720,162 | | |
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Diluted
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| | | | 612,181 | | | | | | 134,646 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 720,577 | | |
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September 30, 2023
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Land and improvements:
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| | | $ | 2,742,072 | | |
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Land (as presented)
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| | | | 1,808,364 | | |
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Building and improvements
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| | | | 933,708 | | |
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September 30, 2023
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Loans receivable, net
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| | | $ | 52,949 | | |
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Portion of deferred costs and other assets, net
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| | | | 110,975 | | |
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Real estate assets under direct financing leases, net
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| | | | 7,404 | | |
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Other assets, net (as presented)
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| | | $ | 171,328 | | |
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September 30, 2023
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Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities:
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| | | $ | 230,353 | | |
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Distributions payable (as presented)
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| | | | 99,571 | | |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses (as presented)
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| | | | 69,045 | | |
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Other liabilities (as presented)
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| | | | 61,737 | | |
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September 30, 2023
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Common stock
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| | | $ | 7,067 | | |
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Capital in excess of common stock par value
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| | | | 7,300,728 | | |
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Common stock and paid-in capital (as presented)
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| | | $ | 7,307,795 | | |
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For the
nine months ended September 30, 2023 |
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For the
year ended December 31, 2022 |
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Interest income on loans receivable
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| | | $ | 3,919 | | | | | $ | 1,884 | | |
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Earned income from direct financing leases
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| | | | 393 | | | | | | 525 | | |
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Other operating income
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| | | | 4,888 | | | | | | 4,191 | | |
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Other revenue (as presented)
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| | | $ | 9,200 | | | | | $ | 6,600 | | |
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Amount
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Shares of Spirit’s common stock to be exchanged(a)
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| | | | 141,331,218 | | |
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Exchange Ratio
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| | | | 0.762 | | |
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Shares of Realty Income common stock issued
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| | | | 107,694,388 | | |
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Closing price of Realty Income common stock on December 11, 2023
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| | | $ | 54.39 | | |
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Estimated fair value of Realty Income common stock to be issued to the former holders of Spirit common stock
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| | | $ | 5,857,498 | | |
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Shares of Realty Income Series A preferred stock issued in exchange for Spirit Series A preferred stock(b)
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| | | | 6,900,000 | | |
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Closing price of Spirit Series A preferred stock on December 11, 2023(b)
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| | | $ | 23.80 | | |
|
Estimated fair value of Realty Income Series A preferred stock to be issued to the former holders of Spirit Series A preferred stock
|
| | | $ | 164,220 | | |
|
Estimated fair value of Spirit’s performance share awards attributable to pre-combination services(c)
|
| | | $ | 21,538 | | |
|
Cash payment for accrued and unpaid dividend equivalents to Spirit performance share award holders to be settled by Realty Income(d)
|
| | | $ | 4,021 | | |
|
Less: estimated fair value of Spirit restricted stock awards attributable to post-combination
costs(e) |
| | | $ | (5,419) | | |
|
Total estimated preliminary purchase price
|
| | | $ | 6,041,858 | | |
| | | |
Amount
|
| |||
|
Total estimated preliminary purchase price
|
| | | $ | 6,041,858 | | |
| Assets: | | | | | | | |
|
Real estate held for investment
|
| | | $ | 7,923,667 | | |
|
Real estate and lease intangibles held for sale
|
| | | | 92,800 | | |
|
Lease intangible assets
|
| | | | 1,233,730 | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents(a)
|
| | | | 39,531 | | |
|
Accounts receivable
|
| | | | 14,581 | | |
|
Other assets
|
| | | | 159,543 | | |
|
Total assets acquired
|
| | | $ | 9,463,852 | | |
| Liabilities: | | | | | | | |
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses(b)
|
| | | $ | 127,045 | | |
|
Lease intangible liabilities
|
| | | | 391,491 | | |
|
Other liabilities
|
| | | | 61,737 | | |
|
Term loan
|
| | | | 1,100,705 | | |
|
Mortgages payable
|
| | | | 4,229 | | |
|
Notes payable
|
| | | | 2,339,854 | | |
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
| | | $ | 4,025,061 | | |
|
Estimated preliminary fair value of net assets acquired
|
| | | $ | 5,438,791 | | |
|
Goodwill
|
| | | $ | 603,067 | | |
| | | |
Estimated fair
value |
| |
Less: Elimination
of historical gross carrying value |
| |
Total pro forma
adjustment |
| |||||||||
|
Land
|
| | | $ | 1,857,452 | | | | | $ | (1,808,364) | | | | | $ | 49,088 | | |
|
Buildings and improvements
|
| | | | 6,066,215 | | | | | | (7,015,086) | | | | | | (948,871) | | |
| | | |
Amount
|
| |||
| Preliminary allocation of fair value: | | | | | | | |
|
In-place leases
|
| | | $ | 803,589 | | |
|
Leasing commissions, legal and marketing costs
|
| | | | 250,429 | | |
|
Above-market lease assets
|
| | | | 179,712 | | |
|
Less: Elimination of historical carrying value of lease intangible assets, net
|
| | | | (389,100) | | |
|
Total pro forma adjustment
|
| | | $ | 844,630 | | |
| | | |
Term loan, net
|
| |
Mortgages
payable, net |
| |
Notes
payable, net |
| |||||||||
|
Elimination of historical carrying value of the remaining
debt instruments, including unamortized deferred financing costs and net discounts |
| | | $ | (1,090,198) | | | | | $ | (4,545) | | | | | $ | (2,725,505) | | |
|
Estimated pro forma fair value of liabilities assumed in the Merger
|
| | | | 1,100,705 | | | | | | 4,229 | | | | | | 2,339,854 | | |
|
Total pro forma adjustment
|
| | | $ | 10,507 | | | | | $ | (316) | | | | | $ | (385,651) | | |
| | | |
Preferred stock
and paid-in capital |
| |
Common stock
and paid-in capital |
| |
Distributions in
excess of net income |
| |
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss |
| ||||||||||||
|
Issuance of Realty Income common stock(a)
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 5,873,617 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | |
|
Issuance of Realty Income Series A preferred stock(b)
|
| | | | 164,220 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Settlement of Spirit’s equity-based awards(c)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 22,069 | | | | | | (22,069) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Spirit transaction – related costs(d)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (58,000) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Elimination of Spirit’s historical equity balances(e)
|
| | | | (166,177) | | | | | | (7,307,795) | | | | | | 3,094,475 | | | | | | (55,296) | | |
|
Realty Income transaction-related costs(f)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (60,000) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total pro forma adjustment
|
| | | $ | (1,957) | | | | | $ | (1,412,109) | | | | | $ | 2,954,406 | | | | | $ | (55,296) | | |
| | | |
Elimination of
historical amounts |
| |
Recognition of
post-combination amounts(a) |
| |
Total
pro forma adjustment |
| |||||||||
| For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Straight-line rent, net
|
| | | $ | (26,127) | | | | | $ | 35,555 | | | | | $ | 9,428 | | |
|
Amortization of above-market and below-market lease intangibles and deferred lease incentives, net
|
| | | | (767) | | | | | | 15,583 | | | | | | 14,816 | | |
|
Total pro forma adjustment
|
| | | $ | (26,894) | | | | | $ | 51,138 | | | | | $ | 24,244 | | |
| For the year ended December 31, 2022 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Straight-line rent, net
|
| | | $ | (36,902) | | | | | $ | 55,090 | | | | | $ | 18,188 | | |
|
Amortization of above-market and below-market lease intangibles and deferred lease incentives, net
|
| | | | (2,190) | | | | | | 20,777 | | | | | | 18,587 | | |
|
Total pro forma adjustment
|
| | | $ | (39,092) | | | | | $ | 75,867 | | | | | $ | 36,775 | | |
| | | |
For the nine months
ended September 30, 2023 |
| |
For the year ended
December 31, 2022 |
| ||||||
|
Buildings and improvements(a)
|
| | | $ | 150,215 | | | | | $ | 200,286 | | |
|
Tenant improvements(a)
|
| | | | 23,957 | | | | | | 31,943 | | |
|
In-place leases and leasing commissions and marketing costs(a)
|
| | | | 77,535 | | | | | | 103,379 | | |
|
Less: Elimination of historical depreciation and amortization
|
| | | | (236,527) | | | | | | (292,985) | | |
|
Total pro forma adjustment
|
| | | $ | 15,180 | | | | | $ | 42,623 | | |
| | | |
For the nine months
ended September 30, 2023 |
| |
For the year ended
December 31, 2022 |
| ||||||
|
Elimination of Spirit historical deferred financing costs amortization
|
| | | $ | (5,944) | | | | | $ | (5,410) | | |
|
Elimination of Spirit historical amortization of net
discounts |
| | | | (982) | | | | | | (1,269) | | |
|
Amortization of the fair value adjustment on swap assets, term loan, mortgages and notes payable
|
| | | | 69,992 | | | | | | 93,322 | | |
|
Total pro forma adjustment
|
| | | $ | 63,066 | | | | | $ | 86,643 | | |
| | | |
For the nine months
ended September 30, 2023 |
| |
For the year ended
December 31, 2022 |
| ||||||
| Numerator | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Pro forma net income available to common stockholders
|
| | | $ | 782,101 | | | | | $ | 971,535 | | |
| Denominator | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Realty Income historical weighted average common shares
outstanding |
| | | | 681,419 | | | | | | 611,766 | | |
|
Spirit’s common stock converted into Realty Income common stock
(141,331 shares and units outstanding, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio of 0.762) |
| | | | 107,694 | | | | | | 107,694 | | |
|
Spirit’s performance share awards converted into Realty Income common stock (921 shares and units outstanding, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio of 0.762)
|
| | | | 702 | | | | | | 702 | | |
|
Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding – basic
|
| | | | 789,815 | | | | | | 720,162 | | |
|
Realty Income historical weighted average dilutive shares
|
| | | | 710 | | | | | | 415 | | |
|
Pro forma weighted average Realty Income common shares outstanding – diluted
|
| | | | 790,525 | | | | | | 720,577 | | |
|
Pro forma amounts of net income available to common stockholders per common share:
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Basic and diluted
|
| | | $ | 0.99 | | | | | $ | 1.35 | | |
| | | |
As of September 30, 2023
|
| |||||||||||||||
| | | |
Realty Actual(1)
|
| |
Spirit Actual(1)
|
| |
Pro Forma As
Adjusted(1) |
| |||||||||
| | | |
(in thousands, except par value and shares)
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | $ | 344,129 | | | | | $ | 134,166 | | | | | $ | 321,639 | | |
|
Line of credit payable and commercial paper
|
| | | $ | 858,260 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 858,260 | | |
| Realty Long-term debt(2): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
4.600% Notes due 2024
|
| | | $ | 499,999 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 499,999 | | |
|
3.875% Notes due 2024
|
| | | | 350,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 350,000 | | |
|
3.875% Notes due 2025
|
| | | | 500,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 500,000 | | |
|
4.625% Notes due 2025
|
| | | | 549,997 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 549,997 | | |
|
5.050% Notes due 2026
|
| | | | 500,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 500,000 | | |
|
0.750% Notes due 2026
|
| | | | 325,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 325,000 | | |
|
4.875% Notes due 2026
|
| | | | 599,997 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 599,997 | | |
|
4.125% Notes due 2026
|
| | | | 650,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 650,000 | | |
|
1.875% Notes due 2027
|
| | | | 305,075 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 305,075 | | |
|
3.000% Notes due 2027
|
| | | | 600,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 600,000 | | |
|
1.125% Notes due 2027
|
| | | | 488,120 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 488,120 | | |
|
3.950% Notes due 2027
|
| | | | 599,873 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 599,873 | | |
|
3.650% Notes due 2028
|
| | | | 550,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 550,000 | | |
|
3.400% Notes due 2028
|
| | | | 599,816 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 599,816 | | |
|
2.200% Notes due 2028
|
| | | | 499,959 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 499,959 | | |
|
4.700% Notes due 2028
|
| | | | 400,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 400,000 | | |
|
3.250% Notes due 2029
|
| | | | 500,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 500,000 | | |
|
3.100% Notes due 2029
|
| | | | 599,291 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 599,291 | | |
|
4.850% Notes due 2030
|
| | | | 600,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 600,000 | | |
|
3.160% Notes due 2030
|
| | | | 170,842 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 170,842 | | |
|
4.875% Notes due 2030
|
| | | | 582,120 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 582,120 | | |
|
1.625% Notes due 2030
|
| | | | 488,120 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 488,120 | | |
| | | |
As of September 30, 2023
|
| |||||||||||||||
| | | |
Realty Actual(1)
|
| |
Spirit Actual(1)
|
| |
Pro Forma As
Adjusted(1) |
| |||||||||
| | | |
(in thousands, except par value and shares)
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
3.250% Notes due 2031
|
| | | | 950,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 950,000 | | |
|
3.180% Notes due 2032
|
| | | | 421,004 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 421,004 | | |
|
5.625% Notes due 2032
|
| | | | 750,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 750,000 | | |
|
2.850% Notes due 2032
|
| | | | 699,655 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 699,655 | | |
|
1.800% Notes due 2033
|
| | | | 400,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 400,000 | | |
|
1.750% Notes due 2033
|
| | | | 427,105 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 427,105 | | |
|
4.900% Notes due 2033
|
| | | | 600,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 600,000 | | |
|
2.730% Notes due 2034
|
| | | | 384,395 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 384,395 | | |
|
5.125% Notes due 2034
|
| | | | 582,120 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 582,120 | | |
|
5.875% Notes due 2035
|
| | | | 250,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 250,000 | | |
|
3.390% Notes due 2037
|
| | | | 140,335 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 140,335 | | |
|
2.500% Notes due 2042
|
| | | | 305,075 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 305,075 | | |
|
4.650% Notes due 2047
|
| | | | 550,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 550,000 | | |
|
New 4.450% Notes due 2026
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 300,000 | | |
|
New 3.200% Notes due 2027
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 300,000 | | |
|
New 2.100% Notes due 2028
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 450,000 | | |
|
New 4.000% Notes due 2029
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 400,000 | | |
|
New 3.400% Notes due 2030
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 500,000 | | |
|
New 3.200% Notes due 2031
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 450,000 | | |
|
New 2.700% Notes due 2032
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 350,000 | | |
| Spirit Long-term debt: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
4.450% Notes due 2026
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 300,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
3.200% Notes due 2027
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 300,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
2.100% Notes due 2028
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 450,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
4.000% Notes due 2029
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 400,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
3.400% Notes due 2030
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 500,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
3.200% Notes due 2031
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 450,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
2.700% Notes due 2032
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 350,000 | | | | | | — | | |
| Other long-term debt: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Term loans, net
|
| | | | 1,287,995 | | | | | | 1,090,198 | | | | | | 2,388,700 | | |
|
Mortgages payable, net
|
| | | | 824,240 | | | | | | 4,545 | | | | | | 828,469 | | |
|
Total debt
|
| | | $ | 20,338,393 | | | | | $ | 3,844,743 | | | | | $ | 24,243,327 | | |
|
Preferred stock and paid-in capital
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 166,177 | | | | | $ | 160,011 | | |
|
Common stock and paid-in capital
|
| | | | 38,031,829 | | | | | | 7,307,795 | | | | | | 43,795,907 | | |
|
Distributions in excess of net income
|
| | | | (6,416,534) | | | | | | (3,036,475) | | | | | | (6,494,768) | | |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
|
| | | | 41,849 | | | | | | 55,296 | | | | | | 41,849 | | |
|
Noncontrolling interest
|
| | | | 166,274 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 166,274 | | |
|
Total equity
|
| | | | 31,823,418 | | | | | | 4,492,793 | | | | | | 37,669,273 | | |
|
Total capitalization
|
| | | $ | 52,161,811 | | | | | $ | 8,337,536 | | | | | $ | 61,912,600 | | |
| | |||||||||||||||||||
| |
Aggregate Principal Amount
|
| |
Series of Notes Issued by Spirit
OP to be Exchanged |
| |
Series of Notes to be Issued by
Realty |
| |
Semi-Annual Interest Payment
Dates for Both Spirit and Realty Notes |
|
| |
$300,000,000
|
| |
4.450% Notes due 2026
|
| |
4.450% Notes due 2026
|
| |
March 15 and September 15
|
|
| |
$300,000,000
|
| |
3.200% Notes due 2027
|
| |
3.200% Notes due 2027
|
| |
January 15 and July 15
|
|
| |
$450,000,000
|
| |
2.100% Notes due 2028
|
| |
2.100% Notes due 2028
|
| |
March 15 and September 15
|
|
| |
$400,000,000
|
| |
4.000% Notes due 2029
|
| |
4.000% Notes due 2029
|
| |
January 15 and July 15
|
|
| |
$500,000,000
|
| |
3.400% Notes due 2030
|
| |
3.400% Notes due 2030
|
| |
January 15 and July 15
|
|
| |
$450,000,000
|
| |
3.200% Notes due 2031
|
| |
3.200% Notes due 2031
|
| |
February 15 and August 15
|
|
| |
$350,000,000
|
| |
2.700% Notes due 2032
|
| |
2.700% Notes due 2032
|
| |
February 15 and August 15
|
|
AND THE SPIRIT NOTES
| | | |
Spirit Notes
|
| |
New Realty Notes
|
|
| | | | Section 6.1(a) of each of the Spirit Supplemental Indentures | | | Realty Form of Note | |
|
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt
|
| | The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds of the additional Debt on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Guarantor’s outstanding Debt and that of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Guarantor’s Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered in the Guarantor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the SEC (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, furnished to the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt; and (ii) the purchase price of | | | The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to | |
| | | |
Spirit Notes
|
| |
New Realty Notes
|
|
| | | | any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt. | | |
the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
As used in the Realty Indenture, the term “Company” means, in general, Realty Income Corporation and its successors under the Realty Indenture (in each case excluding its subsidiaries), and the term “Commission” means, in general, the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of the Realty Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties then assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, then the body performing such duties on such date.
|
|
|
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt
|
| | Section 6.1(d) of each of the Spirit Supplemental Indentures | | | Realty Form of Note | |
| | | | The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest upon any of the Guarantor’s property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries, whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Guarantor’s outstanding Debt and the outstanding Debt of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated | | | The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets | |
| | | |
Spirit Notes
|
| |
New Realty Notes
|
|
| | | | basis for borrowed money that is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on the Guarantor’s property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication); (i) the Guarantor’s Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered in the Guarantor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the SEC (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, furnished to the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt; and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt. | | | | |
|
Debt Service Coverage
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| | Section 6.1(b) of each of the Spirit Supplemental Indentures | | | Realty Form of Note | |
| | | | The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Service Charge for the most recent quarterly period covered in the Guarantor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the SEC (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, furnished to the Trustee) prior to such time, annualized (i.e., multiplied by four) prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5, on a | | | The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the | |
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| | | | pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that: (1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries since the first day of such quarterly period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such period, had occurred at the beginning of such period; (2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt (other than Debt repaid or retired with the proceeds of any other Debt, which repayment or retirement shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(1) and not to this Section 6.1(b)(2)) by the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries since the first day of such quarterly period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such quarterly period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and (4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such quarterly period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition and any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate | | | Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period. | |
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The Guarantor and its Subsidiaries may not at any time own Total Unencumbered Assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
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The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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| | Section 7.1 of each of the Spirit Supplemental Indentures | | | Section 501 of the Realty Indenture | |
| | | | “Event of Default,” wherever used herein or in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): | | | “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to any particular series of Securities, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether or not it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): | |
| | | | (a) default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; | | | (1) default in the payment of any interest upon or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any | |
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| | | | (b) default in the payment of the principal amount or Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; | | | (2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise; or | |
| | | | (c) the Guarantee is not (or is claimed by the Guarantor in writing to the Trustee not to be) in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture) with respect to the Notes; | | | (3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or | |
| | | | (d) failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply with any of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s respective other agreements in the Notes or this … Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes upon receipt by the Company of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Company’s failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within 60 days after it receives such notice; | | | (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or in any Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 501 specifically dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or | |
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| | | | (f) the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: | | | (6) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: | |
| | | | (i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or a | | | (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding or files a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief or consents to the filing of such petition; | |
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| | | | (ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary; or | | | (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or to the commencement of any case or proceeding against it; | |
| | | | (iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially of its property; or | | | (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or any substantial part of its property; or | |
| | | | (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or | | | (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or | |
| | | | (g) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or | | | | |
| | | | (h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that | | | (7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: | |
| | | | (i) is for relief against the Company, the Guarantor or any of Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding; | | | (A) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding or adjudges the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the | |
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| | | | (ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary; or | | | (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or for all or any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company; or | |
| | | | (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary; in each case in this Clause (g), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days. | | | (C) orders the liquidation or winding up of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company and, in the case of any of subclause (A), (B) or (C) of this paragraph (7), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or | |
| | | | | | | (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. | |
| | | | | | | As used in Section 501 of the Realty Indenture, the term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors and the term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. | |
| | | | | | | As used in the Realty Indenture, the terms “Security” and “Securities” mean, in general, any debt security or debt securities authenticated and delivered under the Realty Indenture, including, without limitation, the Realty Notes; and the term “Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such | |
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The Company and the Guarantor may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of our respective assets to, or merge with or into, any other entity, provided that the following conditions are met:
(a) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets [in the case of the 2028 Notes, 2031 Notes and 2032 Notes only: shall be an entity organized and existing under U.S. laws and] expressly assume payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, on, all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in the Indenture;
(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default under the Indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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(c) an Officer’s Certificate covering these conditions shall be delivered to the Trustee.
In the case of any such consolidation, sale, conveyance or merger, but not a lease, in a transaction in which there is a successor entity, the successor entity will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under the Indenture and, subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will be released from their respective obligations under the Indenture.
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Section 6.5 of each of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Spirit Supplemental Indentures
Whether or not we or the Guarantor is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Guarantor will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act, file with the SEC the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Guarantor would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to such Section 13 or 15(d) (the “Financial Statements”) if the Guarantor were so subject, such documents to be filed with the SEC on or prior to the respective dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Guarantor would have been required so to file such documents if the Guarantor were so subject.
The Guarantor will also in any event (1) within 15 days of each
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Section 1008 of the Realty Indenture
Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company will, within 15 days after each of the respective dates by which the Company would have been required to file annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents with the Commission if the Company were so subject, (1) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders, copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if the Company were subject to such Sections, (2) file with the Trustee copies of the
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filing, timeliness or content of any such report.
in the case of the 2026 Notes:
Whether or not we or the Guarantor is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Guarantor will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act, file with the SEC the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Guarantor would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to such Section 13 or 15(d) (the “Financial Statements”) if the Guarantor were so subject, such documents to be filed with the SEC on or prior to the respective dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Guarantor would have been required so to file such documents if the Guarantor were so subject.
The Guarantor will also in any event (1) within 15 days of each Required Filing Date (a) transmit by mail or electronic transmittal to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the security register, without cost to such Holders, copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Guarantor is required to file or would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Guarantor were subject to such sections, and (b) furnish to the Trustee copies of annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Guarantor would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Guarantor were subject to such sections; provided that the foregoing transmittal and furnishing requirements will be deemed satisfied if the foregoing reports and documents are available on the
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SEC’s EDGAR system or on the Guarantor’s website within the applicable time period specified above, and (2) if filing such documents by the Guarantor with the SEC is not permitted under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to any prospective Holder. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including our compliance with any of the covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the filing, timeliness or content of any such report.
For so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding and constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144, the Company will furnish to the Holders and prospective Holders, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
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2.100% Notes due 2028
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4.000% Notes due 2029
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November 15, 2026
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January 15, 2028
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April 15, 2029
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October 15, 2029
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November 15, 2030
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Exhibit
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Description
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| | 4.1 | | | Indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 between Realty Income Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to The Bank of New York (filed as exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K, filed on October 28, 1998 (FileNo.001-13374) and incorporated herein by reference). | |
| | 4.2* | | | Form of Eighth Supplemental Indenture, by and among Spirit Realty, L.P., Saints MD Subsidiary, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank, National Association) | |
| | 4.3* | | | | |
| | 4.4* | | | | |
| | 4.5* | | | | |
| | 4.6* | | | | |
| | 4.7* | | | | |
| | 4.8* | | | | |
| | 4.9* | | | | |
| | 4.10* | | | | |
| | 5.1* | | | | |
| | 5.2* | | | | |
| | 23.1* | | | | |
| | 23.2* | | | | |
| | 23.3* | | | | |
| | 23.4* | | | Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.2). | |
| | 25.1* | | | | |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer,
General Counsel and Secretary
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Date
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/s/ Sumit Roy
Sumit Roy
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Christie B. Kelly
Christie B. Kelly
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Sean P. Nugent
Sean P. Nugent
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Priscilla Almodovar
Priscilla Almodovar
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Jacqueline Brady
Jacqueline Brady
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ A. Larry Chapman
A. Larry Chapman
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Reginald H. Gilyard
Reginald H. Gilyard
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Mary Hogan Preusse
Mary Hogan Preusse
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Priya Cherian Huskins
Priya Cherian Huskins
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Gerardo I. Lopez
Gerardo I. Lopez
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Michael D. McKee
Michael D. McKee
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December 19, 2023
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/s/ Gregory T. McLaughlin
Gregory T. McLaughlin
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/s/ Ronald L. Merriman
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Exhibit 4.2
EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of [ · ], 2024 (this “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), by and among Spirit Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Saints MD Subsidiary, Inc., a Maryland corporation (f/k/a Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.), as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee executed an indenture, dated as of August 18, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), as amended and supplemented by (i) the first supplemental indenture dated as of August 18, 2016 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, relating to the 4.450% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), (ii) the second supplemental indenture dated as of June 27, 2019 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, relating to the 4.000% Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), (iii) the third supplemental indenture dated as of September 16, 2019 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, relating to the 3.200% Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), (iv) the fourth supplemental indenture dated as of September 16, 2019 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, relating to the 3.400% Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”), (v) the fifth supplemental indenture dated as of August 6, 2020 (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, relating to the 3.200% Notes due 2031 the “2031 Notes”), (vi) the sixth supplemental indenture dated as of March 3, 2021 (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, relating to the 2.100% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and (vii) the seventh supplemental indenture dated as of March 3, 2021 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture” and, collectively with the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the “Supplemental Indentures” and each a “Supplemental Indenture” and, the Supplemental Indentures together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, relating to the 2.700% Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes” and together with the 2026 Notes, the 2027 Notes, the 2028 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2030 Notes and the 2031 Notes, the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer and Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 29, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), with Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“RI”) and Saints MD Subsidiary, Inc., a Maryland corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of RI (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things, Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. has merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, RI has offered holders of the Notes to exchange (the “RI Exchange Offer”) any and all of the outstanding Notes for corresponding series of notes of RI on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus relating to the offers to exchange and solicitations of consents, dated as of [ · ], 202[4] (the “Prospectus”), forming a part of RI’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 19, 2023 and declared effective by the SEC on [ · ], 202[4];
WHEREAS, Section 8.2 of each applicable Supplemental Indenture provides that, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, voting as separate classes (the “Requisite Consents”), the Issuer and the Trustee may from time to time enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not prohibited by Section 8.1 of each applicable Supplemental Indenture the rights of the holders of the Notes of such series under the Indenture, subject to certain exceptions set forth in Section 8.2 of each applicable Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, in connection with the RI Exchange Offer, RI has also solicited consents from holders of the Notes to certain amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) to the Indenture as described in the Prospectus and set forth in Article One of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, RI has received and caused to be delivered to the Trustee evidence (which is attached as an exhibit to the Officer’s Certificate dated as of the date hereof) of the consents from holders of a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of each series of the Notes, voting as separate classes, to effect the Proposed Amendments under the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer is undertaking to execute and deliver this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to delete or amend, as applicable, certain provisions and covenants in the Indenture in connection with the RI Exchange Offer and the related consent solicitation;
WHEREAS, except as otherwise defined herein in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms used in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture have the meanings specified in the Indenture, as applicable. If the definition of any of the terms defined herein differs from its respective definition set forth in the Indenture, the definition set forth in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall control.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and for the equal and proportionate benefit of the holders of the Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENT
From and after the Effective Date (as defined below), the Indenture is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1.1. Covenants.
(a) Solely with respect to the Notes, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Base Indenture are deleted in their entirety and replaced, respectively, with the following:
Section 4.2 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 4.3 [Intentionally Omitted].
(b) Solely with respect to the Notes, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 and 6.7 of each Supplemental Indenture relating to such Notes are deleted in their entirety and replaced, respectively, with the following:
Section 6.1 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 6.2 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 6.3 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 6.4 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 6.5 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 6.6 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 6.7 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 1.2 Effects of Section 1.1. Any and all references to any Articles and Sections of the Indenture which are deleted by any Article or Section of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, and any and all obligations related solely to such deleted Articles or Sections throughout the Indenture, with respect to the applicable series of Notes, are of no further force or effect. Any and all terms defined in the Indenture or Notes which are (i) used in any Articles or Sections of the Indenture or Notes deleted by any Article or Section of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and (ii) not otherwise used in any other Article or Section of the Indenture or Notes not affected by this Eighth Supplemental Indenture are hereby deleted. By consenting to the Proposed Amendments, each Holder of the Notes will be deemed to have waived any Default, Event of Default or other consequence under the Indenture for failure to comply with the terms of the provisions identified in Section 1.1 above (whether before or after the date hereof).
ARTICLE TWO
EFFECTIVENESS
Section 2.1. Effectiveness. Requisite Consents having been received, this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall become a binding agreement between the parties hereto when executed by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendments to the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indentures set forth herein shall become effective only on and as of the date on which each of the following has been satisfied (the “Effective Date”): (a) RI has delivered to The Depository Trust Company for all validly tendering holders of the Notes (who have not validly withdrawn such tenders) the aggregate amount to be paid to such validly tendering holders the Total Consideration or Exchange Consideration, as applicable and as each is defined in the Prospectus, upon the terms and subject to the conditions in the Prospectus, due to such validly tendering holders and (b) RI notifies the Trustee that the Notes that are validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) have been accepted for exchange by RI in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus.
ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 3.1. Indenture. Except as amended hereby, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed and all their terms shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3.2. Indenture and Supplemental Indenture Construed Together.
(a) This Eighth Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed together.
(b) Upon the effectiveness of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture,” “hereunder,” “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture, as affected, amended and supplemented hereby.
(c) Upon the effectiveness of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, each reference in the Notes to the Indenture, including each term defined by reference to the Indenture, shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture or such term, as the case may be, as affected, amended and supplemented hereby.
Section 3.3. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Company. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of the claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and the Indenture. The rights, protections and indemnities afforded the Trustee under the Indenture shall apply to the execution of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and the transactions contemplated hereunder.
Section 3.4. Governing Law. THIS EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 3.5. Counterparts. This Eighth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Eighth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures and shall be valid, effective and legally binding as if such electronic signatures were handwritten signatures for all purposes.
Section 3.6. Headings. The Article and Section headings in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms and provisions hereof.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
| THE ISSUER: | ||
| SPIRIT REALTY, L.P. | ||
| By: | SPIRIT GENERAL OP HOLDINGS, LLC, | |
| its sole general partner | ||
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| THE GUARANTOR: | ||
| SAINTS MD SUBSIDIARY, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| THE TRUSTEE: | ||
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Eighth Supplemental Indenture]
Exhibit 4.3
Officers’ Certificate
Pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture
Dated: [·], 2024
The undersigned, Jonathan Pong, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and Bianca Martinez, Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, of Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby certify as follows:
The undersigned, having read the appropriate provisions of the Indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (the “Trustee”), including Sections 201, 301 and 303 thereof and the definitions in such Indenture relating thereto, and certain other corporate documents and records, and having made such examination and investigation as, in the opinion of the undersigned, each considers necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions set forth in the Indenture relating to the establishment of the title and terms of (i) the Company’s 4.450% Notes due 2026 (the “New 2026 Notes”), (ii) the Company’s 3.200% Notes due 2027 (the “New 2027 Notes”), (iii) the Company’s 2.100% Notes due 2028 (the “New 2028 Notes”), (iv) the Company’s 4.000% Notes due 2029 (the “New 2029 Notes”), (v) the Company’s 3.400% Notes due 2030 (the “New 2030 Notes”), (vi) the Company’s 3.200% Notes due 2031 (the “New 2031 Notes”) and (vii) the Company’s 2.700% Notes due 2032 (the “New 2032 Notes,” and, together with the New 2026 Notes, the New 2027 Notes, the New 2028 Notes, the New 2029 Notes, the New 2030 Notes and the New 2031 Notes, the “Securities”), each of which will constitute a new series of the Company’s debt securities under the Indenture, and the form of certificate evidencing the Securities of each such series, have been complied with, and whether the conditions in the Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery by the Trustee of the Securities of each such series have been complied with, certify that (1) the title and terms of the Securities of each such series were established by the undersigned pursuant to authority delegated to them by resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on December [ · ], 2023 (the “Resolutions”) and such terms are set forth in Annex A hereto, (2) the form of certificate evidencing the Securities of each such series was established by the undersigned pursuant to authority delegated to them by the Resolutions and shall be in substantially the form attached in Annex B hereto (it being understood that, in the event that the Securities of any such series are ever issued in definitive certificated form, the legends appearing on the first page of the form of certificate evidencing the Securities of such series may be removed), (3) a true, complete and correct copy of the Resolutions, which were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, and are in full force and effect in the form adopted on the date hereof, are attached as Annex C hereto and are also attached as an exhibit to the Certificate of the Secretary of the Company of even date herewith, (4) the form, title and terms of the Securities of each such series have been established pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture and comply with the Indenture and, in the opinion of the undersigned, all conditions provided for in the Indenture (including, without limitation, those set forth in Sections 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture) relating to the establishment of the title and terms of the Securities of each such series, the form of certificate evidencing the Securities of each such series and the execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities of each such series have been complied with and (5) to the best knowledge of the undersigned, no Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any such series.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands as of the date first written above.
| By: | ||
| Name: Jonathan Pong | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Bianca Martinez | ||
| Title: Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary | ||
Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate Pursuant
to Section
201, 301 and 302 of the Indenture
ANNEX A
Terms of the Notes due
For purposes of this Annex A, the term “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (1) below, the term “Form of Security” means the form of certificate evidencing the Securities of the series established by this Annex A that is attached as Annex B to the Officers’ Certificate of which this Annex A is a part; and the term “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 between the Company and the Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time (including as provided in this Annex A), and including the terms of the Securities established by this Annex A set forth and incorporated by reference in this Annex A. Other capitalized terms that are used in this Annex A and not otherwise defined in this Annex A but that are defined in the Indenture have the same respective meanings as in the Indenture.
(1) A series of debt securities is hereby established under the Indenture, and such series of debt securities shall be known and designated as the “ % Notes due ” (the “Securities”).
(2) The aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is limited to $ (the “Exchange Amount”), except for Securities of such series authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture; provided, however, that such series of Securities may be re-opened by the Company from time to time for the issuance of additional Securities of such series, so long as any such additional Securities of such series have the same form and terms (other than, if applicable, the offering price or exchange ratio, underwriting or other discounts and commissions, the original date of issuance, the first date on which interest thereon shall be payable and the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue), and carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, as the Securities of such series theretofore issued; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such series of Securities may not be reopened if the Company has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 1402 and 1403, respectively, of the Indenture or has effected satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 401 of the Indenture.
(3) The Securities of such series are issuable only as Registered Securities without coupons (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture) and may, but need not, bear a corporate seal. The Securities of such series shall initially be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more permanent Global Securities of such series, the initial depositary (the “Depositary,” which term includes any successors thereto) for the Global Securities of such series shall be The Depository Trust Company and the depositary arrangements shall be those employed by whoever shall be the Depositary with respect to the Global Securities of such series from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, certificated Securities of such series in definitive form (“Certificated Securities”) may be issued in exchange for Global Securities of such series under the circumstances contemplated by Section 305 of the Indenture.
(4) The Securities of such series shall be issued and delivered by the Company (together with cash payments by the Company and subject, if applicable, to rounding) in exchange for outstanding % Notes due of Spirit Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, all in accordance with the terms of the exchange offer set forth in the Company’s prospectus dated ; provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series so issued and delivered shall not exceed the Exchange Amount.
(5) The final maturity date of the Securities of such series on which the principal thereof is due and payable shall be .
(6) The principal of the Securities of such series shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum from or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually in arrears on and (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) of each year, commencing , to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or one or more Predecessor Securities of such series) are registered at the close of business on the and (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, immediately prior to such Interest Payment Dates, regardless of whether such Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Interest on the Securities of such series will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of such series is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest until paid or until such payment is duly provided for at the rate of % per annum.
(7) Chicago, Illinois, is hereby designated as a Place of Payment for the Securities of such series. The place where the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for the registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series and the Indenture may be served shall be the office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose in Chicago, Illinois, which shall initially be an office of the Trustee in Chicago, Illinois, which on the date hereof is located at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Attention: Corporate Unit, 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6200B, Chicago, IL 60606; provided, that, so long as any Certificated Securities (as defined in the Form of Security) of such series are outstanding, the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York shall also be a Place of Payment for the Securities of such series and the Company will maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York where the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series and the Indenture may be served.
(8) The Securities of such series are redeemable at any time, as a whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company at the times and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and in the Form of Security of such series. If less than all of the Outstanding Securities of such series (including, without limitation, any Outstanding Securities of such series issued upon a re-opening of such series) are to be redeemed, the Securities of such series (or portions thereof) to be redeemed shall be selected, in the case of Securities of such series in book-entry form evidenced by one or more Global Securities, in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary or, in the case of any Certificated Securities of such series, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, all as further provided in the Indenture, and, for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the foregoing selection of Securities of such series (or portions thereof) for redemption shall be made from among all of the Outstanding Securities of such series (including, without limitation, any Outstanding Securities of such series issued upon a re-opening of such series), treated as a single class. No Security of such series shall be redeemed in part unless the unredeemed principal amount of such Security is an authorized denomination as set forth in Section (10) below.
(9) The Securities of such series shall not be repayable or redeemable at the option of the Holders prior to the final maturity date of the principal thereof (except as provided in Article Five of the Indenture) and shall not be subject to a sinking fund or analogous provision.
(10) The Securities of such series shall be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(11) The Trustee shall be the initial trustee, Security Registrar, transfer agent and Paying Agent for the Securities of such series.
(12) The entire outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 502 of the Indenture.
(13) Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series shall be made in Dollars and the Securities of such series shall be denominated in Dollars.
(14) Other than amounts payable upon redemption of Securities of such series at the option of the Company prior to June 15, 2026, the amount of payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series shall not be determined with reference to an index, formula or other similar method.
(15) Neither the Company nor the Holders of the Securities of such series shall have any right to elect the currency in which payments on the Securities of such series are made.
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(16) With respect to the Securities of such series, in addition to the covenants of the Company set forth in the Indenture, the covenants set forth in the Form of Security of such series under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets” (collectively, the “Additional Covenants”) shall be and hereby are added to the Indenture for the benefit of the Securities of such series and the Holders of the Securities of such series, and the Additional Covenants, together with the defined terms set forth in the Form of Security of such series under the caption “Certain Definitions” (the “Additional Definitions”), are hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Annex A and the Indenture as if set forth in full herein and therein; provided that the Additional Covenants and Additional Definitions incorporated by reference in this Annex A and the Indenture, and set forth in the Securities of such series, shall only be applicable with respect to the Securities of such series and the Additional Definitions and the Additional Covenants set forth in the Securities of such series shall only be effective, insofar as they apply to the Securities of such series, for so long as any of the Securities of such series is Outstanding; provided, further, that except as set forth in Section (24) below, the definition of “Subsidiary” set forth in the Form of Security of such series shall only be applicable with respect to the Additional Covenants and the Additional Definitions incorporated by reference in this Annex A and the Indenture and set forth in the Securities of such series.
(17) The Securities of such series will not be issuable as Bearer Securities, and temporary global certificates will not be issued.
(18) Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture with respect to the payment of Defaulted Interest on the Securities of such series, interest payable on any Security of such series on an Interest Payment Date (as such term is defined in the Form of Security) for the Securities of such series shall be payable only to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities of such series) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as such term is defined in the Form of Security) for such interest.
(19) Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture shall apply to the Securities of such series, provided that (i) the Company may effect defeasance and covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 1402 and 1403, respectively, only with respect to all (and not less than all) of the Outstanding Securities of such series and (ii) in addition to the covenants specifically referred to by section number in Section 1403 of the Indenture (insofar as such covenants apply to the Securities of such series), the Additional Covenants applicable to the Securities of such series shall also be subject to covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 1403.
(20) The Securities of such series will be authenticated and delivered as provided in Section 303 of the Indenture; provided that, notwithstanding anything in Section 303 or elsewhere in the Indenture to the contrary, the Securities of such series may, but need not, be executed under the Company’s corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof).
(21) The Company shall not be required to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 1010 of the Indenture.
(22) The Securities of such series shall not be convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock or Preferred Stock.
(23) The Securities of such series will be senior obligations of the Company.
(24) Insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Securities of such series, the term “Subsidiary,” as such term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in the Form of Security of such series (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture), and the term “indebtedness,” as used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall be deemed to include, without limitation, “Debt” and “Secured Debt” (as such terms are defined in the Form of Security of such series).
(25) The provisions of Section 1011 of the Indenture shall be applicable with respect to any term, provision or condition set forth in the Additional Covenants applicable to the Securities of such series, in addition to any term, provision and condition set forth in Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive, of the Indenture.
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(26) The Securities of such series shall have such other terms and provisions as are set forth in the Form of Security of such series, all of which terms and provisions are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Annex A and the Indenture as if set forth in full herein and therein.
(27) As used in the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and in the certificates evidencing the Securities of such series, all references to “premium” on the Securities of such series shall mean any amounts (other than accrued interest) payable upon the redemption of any Securities of such series in excess of 100% of the principal amount of such Securities.
(28) Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Global Securities of such series will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. In the event that any Securities of such series are issued in the form of Certificated Securities of such series, payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Certificated Securities of such series shall be made in the manner set forth in the Form of Security of such series and in the Indenture.
(29) A new Section 115 and Section 116 (the “New Sections”) shall be and hereby are added to the Indenture, which New Sections shall appear immediately after Section 114 of the Indenture and shall read in full as follows; provided that the New Sections shall be applicable only with respect to the Securities of such series and shall only be effective for so long as any of the Securities of such series is outstanding:
“SECTION 115. ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES; CORPORATE SEAL
“The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and, except as otherwise set forth in the proviso to the last sentence of this Section 115, electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronically transmitted signatures, electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature that is delivered physically or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limitation to the foregoing and anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, but subject, however, to the proviso to this sentence, (a) any Security, supplemental indenture, Officers’ Certificate, Company Order, Company Request, Opinion of Counsel or other opinion of counsel, instrument, agreement or other document delivered pursuant to this Indenture may be executed, attested and transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means and formats and (b) all references in Section 303 or elsewhere in this Indenture to the execution, attestation or authentication of any Security, coupon or certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Security by means of a manual or facsimile signature shall be deemed to include signatures that are made or transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means or formats; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Security, coupon, Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 201, 301 or 303 of this Indenture, Company Order delivered pursuant to Section 303 of this Indenture or supplemental indenture may be executed or attested by DocuSign, AdobeSign or other electronic signature and no certificate of authentication on any Security may be executed by DocuSign, AdobeSign or other electronic signature and, as provided in the last paragraph of Section 303 of the Indenture, each certificate of authentication must be executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory.
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“SECTION 116. ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONS
“The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions from the Company, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means (as defined below); provided, however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Relevant Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Relevant Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling in the absence of negligence or bad faith. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by a Relevant Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Relevant Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Relevant Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Relevant Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding that such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction, other than losses, costs or expenses arising from the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith. The Company agrees: (i) to assume (in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee) all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to the Trustee a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.
“As used in this Section 116, “Electronic Means” shall mean the following communications methods: e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.
“The foregoing provisions of this Section 116 shall not limit the provisions of Section 115 but are subject to the prohibition on the use of DocuSign, AdobeSign or other electronic signatures under the circumstances set forth in Section 115.”
(30) The first sentence of Section 1104 of the Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “30 days” with “10 days”; provided that the foregoing amendment shall be applicable only with respect to the Securities of such series and shall only be effective for so long as any of the Securities of such series is outstanding.
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ANNEX B
[Form of Notes]
ANNEX C
[Resolutions]
Exhibit 4.4
Form of 4.450% Note due 2026
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REGISTERED NO.: R-
CUSIP NO.: 756109 [ · ]
ISIN NO.: US756109[ · ]
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
4.450% NOTES DUE 2026
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AS AFORESAID, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SUCH SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of ____________________ Dollars on September 15, 2026, and to pay interest thereon from and including September 15, 2023, or from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing March 15, 2024, at the rate of 4.450% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (as defined below) (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on March 1 or September 1 (the “Regular Record Dates”), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether the Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest, until paid or until such payment is duly provided for, at the rate of 4.450% per annum.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company in Dollars. If this Note is a Global Security, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. If this Note is not a Global Security (a “Certificated Note”), payments of interest on this Note may, at the Company’s option, be made by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register for the Notes or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States, all on the terms set forth in the Indenture; provided, however, that a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest due on any Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States so long as such Holder has given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions will remain in effect until revoked by such Holder or until such Person ceases to be a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on the Final Maturity Date (as defined below), any Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of such Notes is due and payable will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Holders thereof in the United States, so long as such Holders have given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes, against surrender of such Notes to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes; provided that installments of interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other date on which principal of such Notes is payable will be paid in the manner described in the preceding paragraph to the Persons who were the Holders of such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued as a series of Securities under an indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series designated as the “4.450% Notes due 2026.” All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Prior to June 15, 2026 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case of clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable to the Persons who were the Holders of the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be transmitted at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on the Notes and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
In addition to the covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture, the Company makes the following covenants with respect to, and for the benefit of the Holders of, the Notes:
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets.
Debt Service Coverage. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
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Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication, amounts which have been deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization (other than amortization of debt discount) and depreciation, (iv) provisions for losses from sales or joint ventures, (v) provisions for impairment losses, (vi) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash charges, (vii) charges resulting from a change in accounting principles, and (viii) charges for early extinguishment of debt, and less, without duplication, amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (a) provisions for gains from sales or joint ventures, and (b) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period, and without duplication, means all interest (including the interest component of rentals on finance leases, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and other like financial charges) and all amortization of debt discount on all Debt (including, without limitation, payment-in-kind, zero coupon and other like securities) but excluding legal fees, title insurance charges, other out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Debt and the amortization of any such debt issuance costs that are capitalized, all determined for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the amount of consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt” means any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement or any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) letters of credit or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee that is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a finance lease or as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) of the type referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
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“Executive Group” means, collectively, those individuals holding the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
“Final Maturity Date” means September 15, 2026.
“Intercompany Debt” means indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary solely to the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, finance lease, or other security interest or agreement granting or conveying security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible assets.
“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and/or one or more individuals of the Executive Group (or, in the event of death or disability of any of such individuals, his/her respective legal representative(s), or such individuals’ successors in office as an officer of the Company), and (ii) any other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Company. The foregoing definition of “Subsidiary” shall only be applicable with respect to the covenants set forth above under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage,” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets,” this definition, the other definitions set forth herein under this caption “Certain Definitions,” and, insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Notes, the term “Subsidiary,” as that term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in this definition (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture).
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means Total Assets minus the value of any properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are encumbered by any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security interest, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind (other than those relating to Intercompany Debt), including the value of any stock of any Subsidiary that is so encumbered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under "Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets," all investments in any Person that is not consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investment would otherwise have been included. For purposes of this definition, the value of each property shall be equal to the purchase price or cost of each such property and the value of any stock subject to any encumbrance shall be determined by reference to the value of the properties owned by the issuer of such stock as aforesaid.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) — H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities — Treasury constant maturities — Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields — one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life — and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.
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If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the amount of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not Secured Debt.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note on or after the respective due dates therefor.
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to waive, in certain circumstances, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for the Notes duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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The headings included in this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| REALTY INCOME CORPORATION | ||||
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
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| Authorized Signatory | ||
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Exhibit 4.5
Form of 3.200% Note due 2027
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REGISTERED NO.: R-
CUSIP NO.: 756109 [ · ]
ISIN NO.: US756109[ · ]
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
3.200% NOTES DUE 2027
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AS AFORESAID, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SUCH SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ Dollars on January 15, 2027, and to pay interest thereon from and including January 15, 2024, or from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing July 15, 2024, at the rate of 3.200% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (as defined below) (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on January 1 or July 1 (the “Regular Record Dates”), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether the Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest, until paid or until such payment is duly provided for, at the rate of 3.200% per annum.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company in Dollars. If this Note is a Global Security, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. If this Note is not a Global Security (a “Certificated Note”), payments of interest on this Note may, at the Company’s option, be made by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register for the Notes or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States, all on the terms set forth in the Indenture; provided, however, that a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest due on any Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States so long as such Holder has given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions will remain in effect until revoked by such Holder or until such Person ceases to be a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on the Final Maturity Date (as defined below), any Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of such Notes is due and payable will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Holders thereof in the United States, so long as such Holders have given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes, against surrender of such Notes to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes; provided that installments of interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other date on which principal of such Notes is payable will be paid in the manner described in the preceding paragraph to the Persons who were the Holders of such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued as a series of Securities under an indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series designated as the “3.200% Notes due 2027.” All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Prior to November 15, 2026 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case of clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable to the Persons who were the Holders of the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
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The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be transmitted at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on the Notes and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
In addition to the covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture, the Company makes the following covenants with respect to, and for the benefit of the Holders of, the Notes:
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets.
Debt Service Coverage. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
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Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication, amounts which have been deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization (other than amortization of debt discount) and depreciation, (iv) provisions for losses from sales or joint ventures, (v) provisions for impairment losses, (vi) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash charges, (vii) charges resulting from a change in accounting principles, and (viii) charges for early extinguishment of debt, and less, without duplication, amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (a) provisions for gains from sales or joint ventures, and (b) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period, and without duplication, means all interest (including the interest component of rentals on finance leases, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and other like financial charges) and all amortization of debt discount on all Debt (including, without limitation, payment-in-kind, zero coupon and other like securities) but excluding legal fees, title insurance charges, other out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Debt and the amortization of any such debt issuance costs that are capitalized, all determined for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the amount of consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt” means any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement or any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) letters of credit or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee that is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a finance lease or as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) of the type referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
“Executive Group” means, collectively, those individuals holding the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
“Final Maturity Date” means January 15, 2027.
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“Intercompany Debt” means indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary solely to the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, finance lease, or other security interest or agreement granting or conveying security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible assets.
“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and/or one or more individuals of the Executive Group (or, in the event of death or disability of any of such individuals, his/her respective legal representative(s), or such individuals’ successors in office as an officer of the Company), and (ii) any other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Company. The foregoing definition of “Subsidiary” shall only be applicable with respect to the covenants set forth above under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage,” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets,” this definition, the other definitions set forth herein under this caption “Certain Definitions,” and, insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Notes, the term “Subsidiary,” as that term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in this definition (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture).
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means Total Assets minus the value of any properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are encumbered by any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security interest, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind (other than those relating to Intercompany Debt), including the value of any stock of any Subsidiary that is so encumbered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under "Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets," all investments in any Person that is not consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investment would otherwise have been included. For purposes of this definition, the value of each property shall be equal to the purchase price or cost of each such property and the value of any stock subject to any encumbrance shall be determined by reference to the value of the properties owned by the issuer of such stock as aforesaid.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) — H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities — Treasury constant maturities — Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields — one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life — and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.
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If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the amount of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not Secured Debt.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note on or after the respective due dates therefor.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to waive, in certain circumstances, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for the Notes duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The headings included in this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
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the within Note of REALTY INCOME CORPORATION, and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint
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Exhibit 4.6
Form of 2.100% Note due 2028
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REGISTERED NO.: R-
CUSIP NO.: 756109 [ · ]
ISIN NO.: US756109[ · ]
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
2.100% NOTES DUE 2028
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AS AFORESAID, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SUCH SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of ______________________ Dollars on March 15, 2028, and to pay interest thereon from and including September 15, 2023, or from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing March 15, 2024, at the rate of 2.100% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (as defined below) (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on March 1 or September 1 (the “Regular Record Dates”), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether the Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest, until paid or until such payment is duly provided for, at the rate of 2.100% per annum.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company in Dollars. If this Note is a Global Security, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. If this Note is not a Global Security (a “Certificated Note”), payments of interest on this Note may, at the Company’s option, be made by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register for the Notes or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States, all on the terms set forth in the Indenture; provided, however, that a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest due on any Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States so long as such Holder has given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions will remain in effect until revoked by such Holder or until such Person ceases to be a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on the Final Maturity Date (as defined below), any Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of such Notes is due and payable will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Holders thereof in the United States, so long as such Holders have given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes, against surrender of such Notes to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes; provided that installments of interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other date on which principal of such Notes is payable will be paid in the manner described in the preceding paragraph to the Persons who were the Holders of such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued as a series of Securities under an indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series designated as the “2.100% Notes due 2028.” All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Prior to January 15, 2028 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case of clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable to the Persons who were the Holders of the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
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The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be transmitted at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on the Notes and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
In addition to the covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture, the Company makes the following covenants with respect to, and for the benefit of the Holders of, the Notes:
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets.
Debt Service Coverage. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
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Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication, amounts which have been deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization (other than amortization of debt discount) and depreciation, (iv) provisions for losses from sales or joint ventures, (v) provisions for impairment losses, (vi) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash charges, (vii) charges resulting from a change in accounting principles, and (viii) charges for early extinguishment of debt, and less, without duplication, amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (a) provisions for gains from sales or joint ventures, and (b) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period, and without duplication, means all interest (including the interest component of rentals on finance leases, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and other like financial charges) and all amortization of debt discount on all Debt (including, without limitation, payment-in-kind, zero coupon and other like securities) but excluding legal fees, title insurance charges, other out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Debt and the amortization of any such debt issuance costs that are capitalized, all determined for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the amount of consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt” means any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement or any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) letters of credit or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee that is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a finance lease or as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) of the type referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
“Executive Group” means, collectively, those individuals holding the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
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“Final Maturity Date” means March 15, 2028.
“Intercompany Debt” means indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary solely to the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, finance lease, or other security interest or agreement granting or conveying security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible assets.
“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and/or one or more individuals of the Executive Group (or, in the event of death or disability of any of such individuals, his/her respective legal representative(s), or such individuals’ successors in office as an officer of the Company), and (ii) any other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Company. The foregoing definition of “Subsidiary” shall only be applicable with respect to the covenants set forth above under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage,” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets,” this definition, the other definitions set forth herein under this caption “Certain Definitions,” and, insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Notes, the term “Subsidiary,” as that term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in this definition (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture).
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means Total Assets minus the value of any properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are encumbered by any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security interest, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind (other than those relating to Intercompany Debt), including the value of any stock of any Subsidiary that is so encumbered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under "Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets," all investments in any Person that is not consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investment would otherwise have been included. For purposes of this definition, the value of each property shall be equal to the purchase price or cost of each such property and the value of any stock subject to any encumbrance shall be determined by reference to the value of the properties owned by the issuer of such stock as aforesaid.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) — H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities — Treasury constant maturities — Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields — one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life — and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.
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If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the amount of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not Secured Debt.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note on or after the respective due dates therefor.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to waive, in certain circumstances, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for the Notes duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The headings included in this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
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the within Note of REALTY INCOME CORPORATION, and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint
Attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.7
Form of 4.000% Note due 2029
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REGISTERED NO.: R-
CUSIP NO.: 756109 [ · ]
ISIN NO.: US756109[ · ]
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
4.000% NOTES DUE 2029
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AS AFORESAID, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SUCH SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of _________________ Dollars on July 15, 2029, and to pay interest thereon from and including January 15, 2024, or from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing July 15, 2024, at the rate of 4.000% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (as defined below) (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on January 1 or July 1 (the “Regular Record Dates”), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether the Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest, until paid or until such payment is duly provided for, at the rate of 4.000% per annum.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company in Dollars. If this Note is a Global Security, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. If this Note is not a Global Security (a “Certificated Note”), payments of interest on this Note may, at the Company’s option, be made by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register for the Notes or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States, all on the terms set forth in the Indenture; provided, however, that a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest due on any Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States so long as such Holder has given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions will remain in effect until revoked by such Holder or until such Person ceases to be a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on the Final Maturity Date (as defined below), any Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of such Notes is due and payable will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Holders thereof in the United States, so long as such Holders have given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes, against surrender of such Notes to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes; provided that installments of interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other date on which principal of such Notes is payable will be paid in the manner described in the preceding paragraph to the Persons who were the Holders of such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued as a series of Securities under an indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series designated as the “4.000% Notes due 2029.” All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Prior to April 15, 2029 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case of clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable to the Persons who were the Holders of the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
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The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be transmitted at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on the Notes and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
In addition to the covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture, the Company makes the following covenants with respect to, and for the benefit of the Holders of, the Notes:
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets.
Debt Service Coverage. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
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Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication, amounts which have been deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization (other than amortization of debt discount) and depreciation, (iv) provisions for losses from sales or joint ventures, (v) provisions for impairment losses, (vi) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash charges, (vii) charges resulting from a change in accounting principles, and (viii) charges for early extinguishment of debt, and less, without duplication, amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (a) provisions for gains from sales or joint ventures, and (b) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period, and without duplication, means all interest (including the interest component of rentals on finance leases, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and other like financial charges) and all amortization of debt discount on all Debt (including, without limitation, payment-in-kind, zero coupon and other like securities) but excluding legal fees, title insurance charges, other out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Debt and the amortization of any such debt issuance costs that are capitalized, all determined for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the amount of consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt” means any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement or any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) letters of credit or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee that is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a finance lease or as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) of the type referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
“Executive Group” means, collectively, those individuals holding the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
“Final Maturity Date” means July 15, 2029.
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“Intercompany Debt” means indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary solely to the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, finance lease, or other security interest or agreement granting or conveying security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible assets.
“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and/or one or more individuals of the Executive Group (or, in the event of death or disability of any of such individuals, his/her respective legal representative(s), or such individuals’ successors in office as an officer of the Company), and (ii) any other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Company. The foregoing definition of “Subsidiary” shall only be applicable with respect to the covenants set forth above under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage,” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets,” this definition, the other definitions set forth herein under this caption “Certain Definitions,” and, insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Notes, the term “Subsidiary,” as that term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in this definition (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture).
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means Total Assets minus the value of any properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are encumbered by any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security interest, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind (other than those relating to Intercompany Debt), including the value of any stock of any Subsidiary that is so encumbered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under "Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets," all investments in any Person that is not consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investment would otherwise have been included. For purposes of this definition, the value of each property shall be equal to the purchase price or cost of each such property and the value of any stock subject to any encumbrance shall be determined by reference to the value of the properties owned by the issuer of such stock as aforesaid.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) — H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities — Treasury constant maturities — Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields — one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life — and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.
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If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the amount of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not Secured Debt.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note on or after the respective due dates therefor.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to waive, in certain circumstances, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for the Notes duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The headings included in this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| REALTY INCOME CORPORATION | ||||
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
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Exhibit 4.8
Form of 3.400% Note due 2030
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REGISTERED NO.: R-
CUSIP NO.: 756109 [ · ]
ISIN NO.: US756109[ · ]
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
3.400% NOTES DUE 2030
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AS AFORESAID, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SUCH SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________________ Dollars on January 15, 2030, and to pay interest thereon from and including January 15, 2024, or from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing July 15, 2024, at the rate of 3.400% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (as defined below) (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on January 1 or July 1 (the “Regular Record Dates”), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether the Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest, until paid or until such payment is duly provided for, at the rate of 3.400% per annum.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company in Dollars. If this Note is a Global Security, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. If this Note is not a Global Security (a “Certificated Note”), payments of interest on this Note may, at the Company’s option, be made by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register for the Notes or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States, all on the terms set forth in the Indenture; provided, however, that a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest due on any Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States so long as such Holder has given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions will remain in effect until revoked by such Holder or until such Person ceases to be a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on the Final Maturity Date (as defined below), any Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of such Notes is due and payable will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Holders thereof in the United States, so long as such Holders have given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes, against surrender of such Notes to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes; provided that installments of interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other date on which principal of such Notes is payable will be paid in the manner described in the preceding paragraph to the Persons who were the Holders of such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued as a series of Securities under an indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series designated as the “3.400% Notes due 2030.” All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Prior to October 15, 2029 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case of clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable to the Persons who were the Holders of the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
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The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be transmitted at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on the Notes and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
In addition to the covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture, the Company makes the following covenants with respect to, and for the benefit of the Holders of, the Notes:
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets.
Debt Service Coverage. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
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Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication, amounts which have been deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization (other than amortization of debt discount) and depreciation, (iv) provisions for losses from sales or joint ventures, (v) provisions for impairment losses, (vi) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash charges, (vii) charges resulting from a change in accounting principles, and (viii) charges for early extinguishment of debt, and less, without duplication, amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (a) provisions for gains from sales or joint ventures, and (b) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period, and without duplication, means all interest (including the interest component of rentals on finance leases, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and other like financial charges) and all amortization of debt discount on all Debt (including, without limitation, payment-in-kind, zero coupon and other like securities) but excluding legal fees, title insurance charges, other out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Debt and the amortization of any such debt issuance costs that are capitalized, all determined for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the amount of consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt” means any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement or any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) letters of credit or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee that is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a finance lease or as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) of the type referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
“Executive Group” means, collectively, those individuals holding the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
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“Final Maturity Date” means January 15, 2030.
“Intercompany Debt” means indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary solely to the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, finance lease, or other security interest or agreement granting or conveying security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible assets.
“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and/or one or more individuals of the Executive Group (or, in the event of death or disability of any of such individuals, his/her respective legal representative(s), or such individuals’ successors in office as an officer of the Company), and (ii) any other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Company. The foregoing definition of “Subsidiary” shall only be applicable with respect to the covenants set forth above under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage,” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets,” this definition, the other definitions set forth herein under this caption “Certain Definitions,” and, insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Notes, the term “Subsidiary,” as that term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in this definition (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture).
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means Total Assets minus the value of any properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are encumbered by any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security interest, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind (other than those relating to Intercompany Debt), including the value of any stock of any Subsidiary that is so encumbered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under "Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets," all investments in any Person that is not consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investment would otherwise have been included. For purposes of this definition, the value of each property shall be equal to the purchase price or cost of each such property and the value of any stock subject to any encumbrance shall be determined by reference to the value of the properties owned by the issuer of such stock as aforesaid.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) — H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities — Treasury constant maturities — Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields — one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life — and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.
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If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the amount of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not Secured Debt.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note on or after the respective due dates therefor.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to waive, in certain circumstances, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for the Notes duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The headings included in this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.9
Form of 3.200% Note due 2031
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REGISTERED NO.: R-
CUSIP NO.: 756109 [ · ]
ISIN NO.: US756109[ · ]
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
3.200% NOTES DUE 2031
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AS AFORESAID, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SUCH SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________________ Dollars on February 15, 2031, and to pay interest thereon from and including August 15, 2023, or from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing February 15, 2024, at the rate of 3.200% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (as defined below) (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on February 1 or August 1 (the “Regular Record Dates”), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether the Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest, until paid or until such payment is duly provided for, at the rate of 3.200% per annum.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company in Dollars. If this Note is a Global Security, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. If this Note is not a Global Security (a “Certificated Note”), payments of interest on this Note may, at the Company’s option, be made by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register for the Notes or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States, all on the terms set forth in the Indenture; provided, however, that a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest due on any Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States so long as such Holder has given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions will remain in effect until revoked by such Holder or until such Person ceases to be a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on the Final Maturity Date (as defined below), any Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of such Notes is due and payable will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Holders thereof in the United States, so long as such Holders have given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes, against surrender of such Notes to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes; provided that installments of interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other date on which principal of such Notes is payable will be paid in the manner described in the preceding paragraph to the Persons who were the Holders of such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued as a series of Securities under an indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series designated as the “3.200% Notes due 2031.” All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Prior to November 15, 2030 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case of clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable to the Persons who were the Holders of the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
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The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be transmitted at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on the Notes and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
In addition to the covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture, the Company makes the following covenants with respect to, and for the benefit of the Holders of, the Notes:
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets.
Debt Service Coverage. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
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Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication, amounts which have been deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization (other than amortization of debt discount) and depreciation, (iv) provisions for losses from sales or joint ventures, (v) provisions for impairment losses, (vi) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash charges, (vii) charges resulting from a change in accounting principles, and (viii) charges for early extinguishment of debt, and less, without duplication, amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (a) provisions for gains from sales or joint ventures, and (b) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period, and without duplication, means all interest (including the interest component of rentals on finance leases, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and other like financial charges) and all amortization of debt discount on all Debt (including, without limitation, payment-in-kind, zero coupon and other like securities) but excluding legal fees, title insurance charges, other out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Debt and the amortization of any such debt issuance costs that are capitalized, all determined for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the amount of consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt” means any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement or any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) letters of credit or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee that is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a finance lease or as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) of the type referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
“Executive Group” means, collectively, those individuals holding the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
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“Final Maturity Date” means February 15, 2031.
“Intercompany Debt” means indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary solely to the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, finance lease, or other security interest or agreement granting or conveying security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible assets.
“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and/or one or more individuals of the Executive Group (or, in the event of death or disability of any of such individuals, his/her respective legal representative(s), or such individuals’ successors in office as an officer of the Company), and (ii) any other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Company. The foregoing definition of “Subsidiary” shall only be applicable with respect to the covenants set forth above under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage,” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets,” this definition, the other definitions set forth herein under this caption “Certain Definitions,” and, insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Notes, the term “Subsidiary,” as that term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in this definition (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture).
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means Total Assets minus the value of any properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are encumbered by any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security interest, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind (other than those relating to Intercompany Debt), including the value of any stock of any Subsidiary that is so encumbered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under "Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets," all investments in any Person that is not consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investment would otherwise have been included. For purposes of this definition, the value of each property shall be equal to the purchase price or cost of each such property and the value of any stock subject to any encumbrance shall be determined by reference to the value of the properties owned by the issuer of such stock as aforesaid.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) — H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities — Treasury constant maturities — Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields — one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life — and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.
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If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the amount of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not Secured Debt.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note on or after the respective due dates therefor.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to waive, in certain circumstances, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for the Notes duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The headings included in this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 4.10
Form of 2.700% Note due 2032
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REGISTERED NO.: R-
CUSIP NO.: 756109 [ · ]
ISIN NO.: US756109[ · ]
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
2.700% NOTES DUE 2032
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AS AFORESAID, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SUCH SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________________ Dollars on February 15, 2032, and to pay interest thereon from and including August 15, 2023, or from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing February 15, 2024, at the rate of 2.700% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (as defined below) (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on February 1 or August 1 (the “Regular Record Dates”), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether the Regular Record Date is a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes is not paid when due, then such overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, such overdue premium or interest, as the case may be, shall bear interest, until paid or until such payment is duly provided for, at the rate of 2.700% per annum.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company in Dollars. If this Note is a Global Security, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note will be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. If this Note is not a Global Security (a “Certificated Note”), payments of interest on this Note may, at the Company’s option, be made by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register for the Notes or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States, all on the terms set forth in the Indenture; provided, however, that a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes will be entitled to receive payments of interest due on any Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States so long as such Holder has given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions will remain in effect until revoked by such Holder or until such Person ceases to be a Holder of $5 million or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on the Final Maturity Date (as defined below), any Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of such Notes is due and payable will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Holders thereof in the United States, so long as such Holders have given appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes, against surrender of such Notes to the Trustee or a Paying Agent for the Notes; provided that installments of interest on Certificated Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other date on which principal of such Notes is payable will be paid in the manner described in the preceding paragraph to the Persons who were the Holders of such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued as a series of Securities under an indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 (herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series designated as the “2.700% Notes due 2032.” All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Prior to November 15, 2031 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case of clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable to the Persons who were the Holders of the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
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The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be transmitted at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on the Notes and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
In addition to the covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture, the Company makes the following covenants with respect to, and for the benefit of the Holders of, the Notes:
Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (i) the Company’s Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Company’s Total Assets are referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).
Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets.
Debt Service Coverage. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred is less than 1.5 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such four-quarter period) had occurred on the first day of such period, (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
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Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company will maintain at all times Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Certain Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount which is expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication, amounts which have been deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization (other than amortization of debt discount) and depreciation, (iv) provisions for losses from sales or joint ventures, (v) provisions for impairment losses, (vi) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash charges, (vii) charges resulting from a change in accounting principles, and (viii) charges for early extinguishment of debt, and less, without duplication, amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period for (a) provisions for gains from sales or joint ventures, and (b) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period, and without duplication, means all interest (including the interest component of rentals on finance leases, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and other like financial charges) and all amortization of debt discount on all Debt (including, without limitation, payment-in-kind, zero coupon and other like securities) but excluding legal fees, title insurance charges, other out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of Debt and the amortization of any such debt issuance costs that are capitalized, all determined for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the amount of consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt” means any indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement or any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) letters of credit or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee that is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a finance lease or as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) of the type referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
“Executive Group” means, collectively, those individuals holding the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer or any Vice President of the Company.
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“Final Maturity Date” means February 15, 2032.
“Intercompany Debt” means indebtedness owed by the Company or any Subsidiary solely to the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, finance lease, or other security interest or agreement granting or conveying security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible assets.
“Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and/or one or more individuals of the Executive Group (or, in the event of death or disability of any of such individuals, his/her respective legal representative(s), or such individuals’ successors in office as an officer of the Company), and (ii) any other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Company. The foregoing definition of “Subsidiary” shall only be applicable with respect to the covenants set forth above under the captions “Limitation on Incurrence of Total Debt,” “Limitation on Incurrence of Secured Debt,” “Debt Service Coverage,” and “Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets,” this definition, the other definitions set forth herein under this caption “Certain Definitions,” and, insofar as Section 801 of the Indenture is applicable to the Notes, the term “Subsidiary,” as that term is used in Section 801(2) of the Indenture, shall have the meaning set forth in this definition (instead of the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture).
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“Total Unencumbered Assets” as of any date means Total Assets minus the value of any properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are encumbered by any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, security interest, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind (other than those relating to Intercompany Debt), including the value of any stock of any Subsidiary that is so encumbered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under "Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets," all investments in any Person that is not consolidated with the Company for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investment would otherwise have been included. For purposes of this definition, the value of each property shall be equal to the purchase price or cost of each such property and the value of any stock subject to any encumbrance shall be determined by reference to the value of the properties owned by the issuer of such stock as aforesaid.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) — H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities — Treasury constant maturities — Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields — one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life — and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.
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If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
“Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the amount of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not Secured Debt.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note on or after the respective due dates therefor.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to waive, in certain circumstances, on behalf of all Holders of the Notes, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for the Notes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for the Notes duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form, without interest coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The headings included in this Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Exhibit 5.1
[LETTERHEAD OF VENABLE LLP]
December 19, 2023
Realty Income Corporation
11995 El Camino Real
San Diego, California 92130
| Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-4 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have served as Maryland counsel to Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the Company’s offer (such offer, as it may from time to time be amended, supplemented or extended, the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange certain of its debt securities for certain debt securities of Spirit Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Spirit”). The Exchange Offer consists of an offer to exchange (i) the Company’s 4.450% Notes due 2026 (the “New 2026 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit’s outstanding 4.450% Notes due 2026, (ii) the Company’s 3.200% Notes due 2027 (the “New 2027 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit’s outstanding 3.200% Notes due 2027, (iii) the Company’s 2.100% Notes due 2028 (the “New 2028 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit’s outstanding 2.100% Senior Notes due 2028, (iv) the Company’s 4.000% Notes due 2029 (the “New 2029 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit’s outstanding 4.000% Notes due 2029, (v) the Company’s 3.400% Notes due 2030 (the “New 2030 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit’s outstanding 3.400% Notes due 2030, (vi) the Company’s 3.200% Notes due 2031 (the “New 2031 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit’s outstanding 3.200% Notes due 2031 and (vii) the Company’s 2.700% Notes due 2032 (the “New 2032 Notes” and, together with the New 2026 Notes, the New 2027 Notes, the New 2028 Notes, the New 2029 Notes, the New 2030 Notes and the New 2031 Notes, the “New Notes”) for any and all of Spirit’s outstanding 2.700% Senior Notes due 2032, covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto, if any (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Documents”):
1. The Registration Statement, and the related form of prospectus included therein, substantially in the form in which it was transmitted to the Commission under the 1933 Act;
2. The charter of the Company, certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”);
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3. The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
4. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, relating to, among other matters, the Exchange Offer and the registration and issuance of the New Notes, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
5. The Indenture, dated as of October 28, 1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as original trustee;
6. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;
7. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and
8. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.
In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so.
2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.
3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party’s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.
4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.
Realty Income Corporation
December 19, 2023
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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation, duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.
2. The issuance of the New Notes by the Company has been duly authorized by the Company.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning federal law or any other state law. We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of any judicial decision which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.
This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Company, may rely on this opinion in connection with their opinion of even date herewith. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Venable LLP |
Exhibit 5.2
| 1271 Avenue of the Americas | ||
| New York, New York 10020-1401 | ||
| Tel: +1.212.906.1200 Fax: +1.212.751.4864 | ||
| www.lw.com | ||
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| Beijing | Munich | |
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| Century City | Paris | |
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| Düsseldorf | San Francisco | |
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Realty Income Corporation |
Hamburg | Silicon Valley |
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| Madrid | ||
Re: Realty Income Corporation
To the addressee set forth above:
We have acted as special counsel to Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) certain of its debt securities for certain debt securities of Spirit Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Spirit OP”) and a subsidiary of Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Spirit Parent”). The Exchange Offer shall consist of an offer to exchange (i) the Company’s 4.450% Notes due 2026 (the “New 2026 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit OP’s outstanding 4.450% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), (ii) the Company’s 3.200% Notes due 2027 (the “New 2027 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit OP’s outstanding 3.200% Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), (iii) the Company’s 2.100% Notes due 2028 (the “New 2028 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit OP’s outstanding 2.100% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), (iv) the Company’s 4.000% Notes due 2029 (the “New 2029 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit OP’s outstanding 4.000% Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), (v) the Company’s 3.400% Notes due 2030 (the “New 2030 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit OP’s outstanding 3.400% Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”), (vi) the Company’s 3.200% Notes due 2031 (the “New 2031 Notes”) for any and all of Spirit OP’s outstanding 3.200% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”) and (vii) the Company’s 2.700% Notes due 2032 (the “New 2032 Notes” and, together with the New 2026 Notes, the New 2027 Notes, the New 2028 Notes, the New 2029 Notes, the New 2030 Notes and the New 2031 Notes, the “New Notes”) for any and all of Spirit OP’s outstanding 2.700% Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes, the 2027 Notes, the 2028 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2030 Notes and the 2031 Notes, the “Existing Target Notes”). The Existing Target Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of August 18, 2016 (the “Existing Target Base Indenture”), by and between Spirit OP and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Existing Target Notes Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by (i) the first supplemental indenture, dated as of August 18, 2016, relating to the 2026 Notes, (ii) the second supplemental indenture, dated as of June 27, 2019, relating to the 2029 Notes, (iii) the third supplemental indenture, dated as of September 16, 2019, relating to the 2027 Notes, (iv) the fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of September 16, 2019, relating to the 2030 Notes, (v) the fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of August 6, 2020, relating to the 2031 Notes, (vi) the sixth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 3, 2021, relating to the 2028 Notes and (vii) the seventh supplemental indenture, dated as of March 3, 2021, relating to the 2032 Notes, in the case each of (i) - (vii), by and among Spirit OP, Spirit Parent, as a guarantor, and the Existing Target Notes Trustee (each, an “Existing Target Supplemental Indenture” and, collectively, the “Existing Target Supplemental Indentures” and, together with the Existing Target Base Indenture, the “Existing Target Indenture”). The New Notes are being issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of October 28, 1998 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “New Notes Trustee”), and pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on December 19, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the New Notes.
December 19, 2023
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As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the State of New York and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state. Various issues pertaining to the laws of the State of Maryland are addressed in the opinion of Venable LLP, separately provided to you. We express no opinion with respect to those matters, and to the extent elements of those opinions are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, assumed such elements.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the New Notes have been duly executed, issued, and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture against the due tender and delivery to the Trustee of the Existing Target Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the New Notes, the New Notes will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
Our opinion is subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) (a) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), (b) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and (c) the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; and (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. We express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial relief, (c) the waiver of rights or defenses contained in Section 514 of the Indenture, (d) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (e) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of the New Notes, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon and (f) the severability, if invalid, of the provisions to the foregoing effect.
December 19, 2023
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We express no opinion with respect to (i) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights; (ii) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights; (iii) covenants not to compete; (iv) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies; (v) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations; (vi) grants of setoff rights; (vii) proxies, powers and trusts and (viii) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property.
With your consent, we have assumed (a) that the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland, and has the corporate power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and the New Notes (collectively, the “Documents”), (b) that the New Notes have been duly authorized for issuance by all necessary corporate action by the Company, (c) that the Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, including the Company, (d) that the Documents constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Company, enforceable against each of the parties thereto (other than the Company) in accordance with their respective terms and (e) that the status of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities, provided that we make no such assumption to the extent we have specifically opined herein as to such matters with respect to the Company, the Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
| Sincerely, | |
| /s/ Latham & Watkins LLP |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the use of our reports dated February 22, 2023, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Realty Income Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, equity and cash flows each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022 and the related notes, and financial statement schedule III, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG, LLP
San Diego, California
December 18, 2023
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 28, 2023, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Dallas, Texas
December 19, 2023
Exhibit 25.1
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
(Jurisdiction of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank) |
95-3571558 (I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
|
333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California (Address of principal executive offices) |
90071 |
REALTY
INCOME CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
| Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
33-0580106 (I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
| 11995 El Camino Real San Diego, California (Address of principal executive offices) |
92130 (Zip code) |
4.450%
Notes due 2026
3.200% Notes due 2027
2.100% Notes due 2028
4.000% Notes due 2029
3.400% Notes due 2030
3.200% Notes due 2031
and 2.700% Notes due 2032
(Title of the indenture securities)
| 1. | General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: |
| (a) | Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
| Name | Address | |
|
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury |
Washington, DC 20219 | |
| Federal Reserve Bank |
San Francisco, CA 94105 | |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Washington, DC 20429 |
| (b) | Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes.
| 2. | Affiliations with Obligor. |
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
| 16. | List of Exhibits. |
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act").
| 1. | A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
| 2. | A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948). |
| 3. | A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
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| 4. | A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-229762). |
| 6. | The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875). |
| 7. | A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the 15th day of December, 2023.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. | |||
| By: | /s/ Ann M. Dolezal | ||
| Name: | Ann M. Dolezal | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 333 South Hope Street, Suite 2525, Los Angeles, CA 90071
At the close of business September 30, 2023, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
| Dollar amounts in thousands |
||||
| ASSETS | ||||
| Cash and balances due from depository institutions: | ||||
| Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin | 6,412 | |||
| Interest-bearing balances | 328,965 | |||
| Securities: | ||||
| Held-to-maturity securities | 0 | |||
| Available-for-sale debt securities | 520 | |||
| Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading | 0 | |||
| Federal funds sold and securities | ||||
| purchased under agreements to resell: | ||||
| Federal funds sold in domestic offices | 0 | |||
| Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 0 | |||
| Loans and lease financing receivables: | ||||
| Loans and leases held for sale | 0 | |||
| Loans and leases, held for investment | 0 | |||
| LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses | 0 | |||
| Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance | 0 | |||
| Trading assets | 0 | |||
| Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) | 16,471 | |||
| Other real estate owned | 0 | |||
| Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies | 0 | |||
| Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures | 0 | |||
| Intangible assets | 856,313 | |||
| Other assets | 110,191 | |||
| Total assets | $ | 1,318,872 | ||
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| LIABILITIES | ||||
| Deposits: | ||||
| In domestic offices | 1,063 | |||
| Noninterest-bearing | 1,063 | |||
| Interest-bearing | 0 | |||
| Federal funds purchased and securities | ||||
| sold under agreements to repurchase: | ||||
| Federal funds purchased in domestic offices | 0 | |||
| Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 0 | |||
| Trading liabilities | 0 | |||
| Other borrowed money: | ||||
| (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) | 0 | |||
| Not applicable | ||||
| Not applicable | ||||
| Subordinated notes and debentures | 0 | |||
| Other liabilities | 265,839 | |||
| Total liabilities | 266,902 | |||
| Not applicable |
| EQUITY CAPITAL | ||||
| Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus | 0 | |||
| Common stock | 1,000 | |||
| Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) | 106,172 | |||
| Not available | ||||
| Retained earnings | 944,799 | |||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | -1 | |||
| Other equity capital components | 0 | |||
| Not available | ||||
| Total bank equity capital | 1,051,970 | |||
| Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries | 0 | |||
| Total equity capital | 1,051,970 | |||
| Total liabilities and equity capital | 1,318,872 |
I, Matthew J. McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
| Matthew J. McNulty | ) | CFO |
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
| Antonio I. Portuondo, President | ) | ||
| Loretta A. Lundberg, Managing Director | ) | Directors (Trustees) | |
| Jon M. Pocchia, Managing Director | ) |
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